Tobacco-catridge.



C. BUCHANAN.-

TOBACCO CARTRIDGE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 13, 1916.

l 234,27% Patented July 24, 1917.

CRASSUS BUCHANAN, OF AUGUSTA, ARKANSAS.

TOBACCO-CARTRIDGE.

Application filed November 13, 1916.

To all fr0/tom t may concern.

Be it known that I, CRAssUs BUCHANAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Augusta, in the county of Woodruff and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco- Cartridg'es; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in cartridges or charges of tobacco.

One object of the invention is to package or incase tobacco in convenient form for chewing, whereby a great economy to consumers is effected and absolute cleanliness insured.

Another object is to provide individual chewing charges in cartridge form which will retain their original form and physical characteristics for a considerable time, and which prevents crumbs of tobacco from being scattered about and from lodging between the teeth and in cavities in the mouth of the user.

Another object is to provide individual charges of chewing tobacco inclosed in casings which are non-disintegrating when subjected to moisture, permitting the juice to pass out and the solid particles to be retained.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of cnstruction, and the combination and arrangement of parts which will be herein* after fully described and claimed.

ln the accompanying drawings lFigure l represents a perspective view of a cartridge constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

lt is known that it is not broadly new to provide separate charges or cartridges of tobacco for chewing purposes, but these charges, so far as I am aware, have either been incased in tobacco leaves 0r in material which disintegrates when subjected to moisture.

In the embodiment illustrated, a cartridge 1 is shown composed of a tobacco filler 2 which may be in any desired form, either whole pieces, fine cut, or crushed, inclosed in a casing 3 composed of material which is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2A, 1917. serial No. 131,125.

non-disintegratingwhen subjected to moisture, textile fabric being preferably einployed for this purpose. This fabric is preferably made in the form of tubes and cut transversely into sections to form the individual casings 3. These casings are closed at both ends to securely retain the tobacco placed therein, stitching being' preferably used to eifect these closures. It is essential that these casings be porous in nature and also sufficiently strong to withstand the grinding produced by chewing, and linen fabric is especially desirable for this purpose as it is absolutely tasteless and very strong, linen thread being used for closing the ends of the casings.

Many advantages are derived from the use of these cartridges, among which is the promotion of economy to consumers, as tobacco put up in this form is not liable to accumulate tobacco dust in the pocket or boX and it also obviates the necessity of pinching off or biting off pieces, a part of which either falls to the ground or upon the face or clothing of the user.

This form of using tobacco is also espe` cially desirable for snuff clippers which habit is prevalent among women in the South and Vest. These packages prevent the particles of snuff from fiying about and also from entering the lungs which frequently occurs when employed in the ordinary manner. This form of cartridge also preventsparticles of tobacco from lodging between the teeth and inthe cavities of the users mouth.

These individual cartridges may be put up in any desired containers, the size of which of course will be controlled by the number of individual cartridges it is desired to place in each container and the cartridges may be marketed either in individual form or otherwise.

It is of course to be understood that these cartridges may be made of any desired size according to the quantity of tobacco to be incased, and larger and smaller cartridges may be packed and sold in the same container for use by consumers requiring larger or smaller chews, or a plurality of large pieces may be placed in one package and smaller pieces in another, so that consumers may have their choice.

I claim A quid of tobacco of a size to be received in the mouth and chewed, and comprising a tobacco filling' and a casing of tubular fabre, the ende being closed by stitches, the my hand in the presence of tWo subscribing fabric being of a texture to be permeable to Witnesses.

the tobacco juice and suiiiciently tough to be f A T t resistant to the Cutting motion of the teeth Y i GRASSUS BUCHB :my 3 and non-disintegrating undeltbe action of VYVitnesseS:

tbe salive. n n A.y H. HAMILTON, y

In testimony whereof I have hereunto Sety J. STAOY.

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